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Fact Check-Finnish Air Force swastika not introduced in support of Nazism (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is so bad it’s almost funny, found it trying to find a link for the other finland post, a great article to send to anyone who believes in the fact checking services, like they were nazis, but they just really liked the shape of it so it’s not a nazi thing sweaty, it was a completely different alt right figure who introduced it

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

However, it is wrong to claim the flag demonstrates Finland condoning Nazism, historians and the Finnish Air Force say; although Helsinki did ally with Nazi Germany between 1941 to 1944 to fight off Soviet invasion.

A Finnish Air Force spokesperson told Reuters the swastika in the Finnish Air Force flag featured in the photos was introduced in 1918 – before Nazism rose in Europe.

“The first aircraft of the Finnish Air Force, a Thulin Typ D reconnaissance aircraft, was donated by [Swedish count] Eric von Rosen in 1918,” the spokesperson explained.

Hmm, who is this Eric von Rosen guy? Wonder why they don't include a citation for him?

How interesting

I guess they do mention it at the end, but they really bury that lede as deep as they fucking can huh. "Not a Nazi symbol because Germany wasn't openly fascist the moment that it was put on a Finnish plane by a founding member of the Nazi party"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Literally just mentioned this in the other thread. The ultranationalist ideology was fermenting in Europe for decades before the nazi party was made, the symbol was in use by the far right within those groups along with a bunch of others. It didn't just magically pop out of Hitler's head.

The entire history of what led up to Hitler in Europe is just conveniently ignored by liberals. They pretend that Hitler was evil and popped into existence and that there wasn't a huge thing that led up to him lasting decades across the entire continent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There is no material conditions to the liberal mind; only a battlefield or marketplace of ideas.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Von Rosen became brother-in-law to Hermann Göring

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Asking Eva Braun if Hitler is a bad guy and taking whatever she tells you at face value, good ol journalism